LoginDangerous goods worth £15.3m seized
Leicestershire TS seized 440,000 items at East Midlands Airport in the past year
Posted 01 August 2023 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Product Safety|East Midlands
UPDATES: Enforcement agencies have seized £15.3 million worth of dangerous and counterfeit goods destined for online sale, removing products posing serious risks to consumers before they reached the marketplace.
Leicestershire Trading Standards has intercepted and seized almost 440,000 potentially dangerous items at East Midlands Airport in the past year with a combined value of more than £15.3m.
The items seized include electrical goods which pose a fire risk, toys that fail to meet safety standards, cosmetics containing toxic substances, and jewellery containing high levels of hazardous me...
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